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MM 493 Entrepreneurship and Marketing

Chapter II

The Dynamic Marketing Environment


Dr. A. Salman Email: salman@giki.edu.pk Management Sciences and Humanities Program GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

Apples main motivation for launching the online music service was to stimulate sales of its

iPod

Business Environment
Environment is both external and internal Environmental Monitoring Is the process
1. Gathering information regarding companys external environment 2. Analyzing it 3. Forecasting the impacts

External Macroenvironment
Demographics
(Population size, distribution, growth)

Economic conditions
Stage in Business cycle, inflation, interest rates)

Competition
Brand competition, Substitute products, competition for customers limited pp)

Social and cultural forces


Concern about natural env, gender roles, premium on time, physical fitness and health

External Macroenvironment
Political and legal forces
(monetary and fiscal policies, social legislation, government relation with industries)

Technology

External Microenvironment
Market Suppliers Marketing intermediaries

Organizations Internal Environment


Production Finance Human Resource Company Image Research and Development Location

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